Archive for the ‘Recipes’ Category

Orange Chicken Kebabs

Friday, July 25th, 2008

When I read that this month's theme for Monthly Mingle (hosted at Live to Eat) is "Grill it", I know that this must be another sign for me to activate my pretty (and) underused grill pan :| I've always wanted to make kebabs and I even bought the metal skewers in ...

Stir fry eggplant with egg and minced pork

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

Ok, here's part two of the growing eggplants post - featuring an eggplant recipe! :XO: This is what I wokked with my home-grown eggplant :P Ingredients (Serves 2) 1 small eggplant, cut to about 1 cm thickness 1 egg, beaten 1 tbsp chopped garlic 4 tbsp chopped large onion 100g minced pork 1 tbsp oilive oil marinade (for the minced ...

Old Cucumber Soup

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

In Chinese Herbology, foods have 'yin' and 'yang' properties. Yin foods have 'cooling' properties while yang foods, on the other hand, have 'heaty' properties. Some foods are 'neutral'. Since ancient times, the Chinese firmly believed that diet (along with other factors like stress, climate and lifestyle) plays an important part ...

Home made Pancakes with Fruits

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

This is the first time I'm making pancakes and it was fun and to my surprise, the pancakes are actually edible. You see, I am completely hopeless when it comes to recipes involving flour & batter (meaning I can't bake to save my life, all my bakes so far were ...